Ventnor Harbour. COULD Ventnor's problematic seaweed be put to good use — saving taxpayers up to £87,000 per year? A study is going to look at options to turn the seaweed into something useful, instead of it being pumped over the harbour wall. The seaweed is problematic because it smells, and it costs £87,420 per year to shift it away from Ventnor Haven. A united effort between Ventnor town councillor Colm Watling, IW Council member for Ventnor, Gary Peace, and the Isle of Wight Council, has secured European funding for a project to assess the options for creating a sustainable treatment solution. Cllr Watling, an engineer, said: "Clearing seaweed in the Haven is one part of the very complex jigsaw of making Ventnor Haven sustainable, both economically and environmentally.